Day Fourty-Two in Oz

Hey.

I find it incredible how quickly time is passing while I am away. I'm well into my second month in Australia and I have no idea how that happened. I could say a lot has happened since I have left home because it is true but I still don't think that justifies how speedy my new life here has gone.

I am really enjoying the mundane aspects of it all: grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, taking out the recycling, coming home to my mess, doing the dishes, having a beer, reading some philosophy and repeating. Back home, of course, these things feel tedious and frustrating but I like it all here! Must be something in the water...

Speaking of which, I went to the beach last week with a film class friend of mine on our break. It was really casual, you know: "Oh me? I'm just going to get my toes wet in the ocean in between my film tutorial and lecture. Oh, it was nothing. Just a little bit of sun, a fresh organic lunch, and a visit to the Ocean Baths..."

If you ask me, it's not hard living here. I relish in the fact that I have a recovering burn on my shoulders from our excursion and that, while sitting in class, I was rubbing the sea salt off my calves. It just doesn't get any better than that.

I really hope all is well with you guys back home. As the days get longer and warmer on your side of the world, it's getting slightly chillier and darker here. I don't mind though. My Aussie friend and I were shopping the other day and she pointed to a really nice jacket. It was a cotton long sleeved number. I asked her if that would keep her warm for the winter and she eyed it up and said: "Well, you could throw a sweater under that and be toasty." Unbelievable.

This week we're still expecting some days in the +30s and I'm looking forward to relishing in that but I'm so curious as to what an Australian winter will feel like. I might have climatized too quickly-- 18C sounds a little too cold for my liking!

Until the next time I get an urge to blabber on...

Kenz